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By Special CorrespondentDoha, 1 October 2020 – Education Above All Foundation (EAA), in partnership with UNESCO, Qatar Mission to the United Nations, Qatar Fund For Development (QFFD), and UN Office for Partnerships, held a high-level virtual event on ‘Government and Foundation Partners Demonstrate Effective Cross-sectoral Collaboration to Meet SDG4 and Support the 2030 Decade of Action’ yesterday. The panel explored strategies to strengthen cross-sectoral dialogue among countries, organisations, foundations, and policymakers to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal for education (SDG4).A side session to the 75th meeting of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 75) in New York, the event…

By Special Correspondent Islamabad : One of Pakistan’s vocal and noted Senate, Senator Sherry Rehman has slammed the federal government for failing to tackle Pakistan’s rising debt. “It is alarming that Pakistan’s debt and liabilities have surged by Rs 14.4 trillion in the last two years, up from Rs 29.9 trillion in June 2018 to a whopping Rs 44.3 trillion. Over the last two years, the PTI government has been taking on an average of Rs 20 billion worth of additional debt a day. No government in the past 73 years has taken on additional debt of Rs 20 billion…

By Shabbir KhanIn April 2018, the upper house of the parliament passed a bill which extended the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and Peshawar High Court (PHC) to the erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata). After the passage of this bill a great hurdle in the process of mainstreaming tribal was eliminated which ultimately paved the way for the complete merger of the region with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province. This was a landmark decision in the history of tribal areas which finally abolished the justice system which was based on the very suppressive and exploitative law called the Frontier Crimes…

By Our Staff reporterISLAMABAD – Diyàr Homes, the luxury development arm of leading international real estate company CPIC Global, has appointed world leading design practice WATG as the master planners for their first ever resort community for Overseas Pakistanis.Further to the Diyàr Homes/CPIC Global announcement last week of the 27 Million square feet mega land acquisition in Islamabad for Pakistan’s first ever resort community for Overseas Pakistanis, the company has appointed the lead master plan consultant to bring this monumental development to life. Founded in 1945 in Hawaii and celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2020, WATG is regarded as the…

On September 25, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan – Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev held a working meeting in the border town of Saryagash, Turkestan region. The leaders of the two countries discussed the current state and prospects of bilateral relations of strategic partnership, exchanged views on the current issues of regional and international affairs Particular attention was paid to the continuation of close coordination and effective interaction at the government level in order to overcome – in soonest time possible – the consequences of coronavirus pandemic. The sides noted…

By Dr.Hamza Tahir Traumatized, sickened, betrayed, threatened, and most importantly alone. These are the few things that must run through a rape victim’s mind. Are their myriad of hurtful emotions heard by the rest of the world?. It certainly does not seem so in the current state of our country. In this Pakistani-American short movie “Blue, A kaleidoscope”, Danial K. Afzal , the director, portrays a chilling tale of a rape survivor, who suffers from this terrible fate at a very young age of just 10 years. Produced by a Chicago based production company , Arash visual Inc, this short…

By Haroon Siraj  Swat : Eighteen year old human rights activist Hadiqa Bahsir from Swat was selected as one of the seventeen-members in global cohort of young leaders on sustainable development goals by United Nations. The UN recognises seventeen young changemakers, who are leading efforts to combat the world’s most pressing issues and whose leadership is catalyzing the achievement of the SDGs on a biennial basis. These young leaders aging between 18 to 29 represent the diverse voices of young people from every region of the world and are collectively responsible for activating millions of young people in support of…

By Kaswar Klasra The United States’ accusations against China on COVID-19 at UN gatherings were baseless and politically motivated, foreign policy experts and academics have said.They noted US President Donald Trump is dodging personal blame for his responsibility for the US’ failure in face of the pandemic while using discriminatory language about the virus, blaming China for its spread at the General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly.Such accusations against China were baseless and unfair, the experts said. However, they largely agreed that politicians in the United States usually try to win votes by “China-bashing”, and this practice increases…

Islamabad Telegraph ReportIslamabad: The Standing Committee on Law and Justice has recommended the implementation of Police Order 2002 as a federal police law across the country, including Islamabad Capital Territory.Committee decided to referred the case to the Council of Common Interests so that the same law could be implemented in all the provinces. It also observed that besides police reforms, the criminal justice system also needs serious legislative reforms, which have also been recommended by the Police Reforms Committee, constituted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan.A meeting of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice was held on 24…

By Special CorrespondentParis: Four people were severely injured in central Paris in a stabbing attack late on Friday. According to police, four people came under attack exactly outside former offices of Charlie Hebron in central Paris. Suspects have been on the run since the attack while police teams were constituted to trace the suspects.” Four people have been injured in a stabbing attack in central Paris. A police operation is underway in search of two suspects who are “on the run”,” a senior police officer told Correspondent of Islamabad Telegraph in Paris.A Police officer told this Islamabad Telegraph that the…